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19 * POSIX Standard: 9.2.2 User Database Access <pwd.h>
29 #include <bits/types.h>
34 #if defined __USE_XOPEN || defined __USE_XOPEN2K
35 /* The Single Unix specification says that some more types are
37 # ifndef __gid_t_defined
38 typedef __gid_t gid_t
;
39 # define __gid_t_defined
42 # ifndef __uid_t_defined
43 typedef __uid_t uid_t
;
44 # define __uid_t_defined
48 /* A record in the user database. */
51 char *pw_name
; /* Username. */
52 char *pw_passwd
; /* Hashed passphrase, if shadow database
53 not in use (see shadow.h). */
54 __uid_t pw_uid
; /* User ID. */
55 __gid_t pw_gid
; /* Group ID. */
56 char *pw_gecos
; /* Real name. */
57 char *pw_dir
; /* Home directory. */
58 char *pw_shell
; /* Shell program. */
63 # include <bits/types/FILE.h>
67 #if defined __USE_MISC || defined __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED
68 /* Rewind the user database stream.
70 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
71 marked with __THROW. */
72 extern void setpwent (void);
74 /* Close the user database stream.
76 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
77 marked with __THROW. */
78 extern void endpwent (void);
80 /* Read an entry from the user database stream, opening it if necessary.
82 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
83 marked with __THROW. */
84 extern struct passwd
*getpwent (void);
88 /* Read a user database entry from STREAM.
90 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
91 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
92 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
93 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
94 extern struct passwd
*fgetpwent (FILE *__stream
) __nonnull ((1));
96 /* Write a given user database entry onto the given stream.
98 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
99 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
100 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
101 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
102 extern int putpwent (const struct passwd
*__restrict __p
,
103 FILE *__restrict __f
);
106 /* Retrieve the user database entry for the given user ID.
108 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
109 marked with __THROW. */
110 extern struct passwd
*getpwuid (__uid_t __uid
);
112 /* Retrieve the user database entry for the given username.
114 This function is a possible cancellation point and therefore not
115 marked with __THROW. */
116 extern struct passwd
*getpwnam (const char *__name
) __nonnull ((1));
121 /* Reasonable value for the buffer sized used in the reentrant
122 functions below. But better use `sysconf'. */
123 # define NSS_BUFLEN_PASSWD 1024
126 /* Reentrant versions of some of the functions above.
128 PLEASE NOTE: the `getpwent_r' function is not (yet) standardized.
129 The interface may change in later versions of this library. But
130 the interface is designed following the principals used for the
131 other reentrant functions so the chances are good this is what the
132 POSIX people would choose. */
135 /* This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
136 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
137 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
138 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
139 extern int getpwent_r (struct passwd
*__restrict __resultbuf
,
140 char *__restrict __buffer
, size_t __buflen
,
141 struct passwd
**__restrict __result
)
142 __nonnull ((1, 2, 4))
143 __attr_access ((__write_only__
, 2, 3));
146 extern int getpwuid_r (__uid_t __uid
,
147 struct passwd
*__restrict __resultbuf
,
148 char *__restrict __buffer
, size_t __buflen
,
149 struct passwd
**__restrict __result
)
150 __nonnull ((2, 3, 5))
151 __attr_access ((__write_only__
, 3, 4));
153 extern int getpwnam_r (const char *__restrict __name
,
154 struct passwd
*__restrict __resultbuf
,
155 char *__restrict __buffer
, size_t __buflen
,
156 struct passwd
**__restrict __result
)
157 __nonnull ((1, 2, 3, 5))
158 __attr_access ((__write_only__
, 3, 4));
162 /* Read a user database entry from STREAM. This function is not
163 standardized and probably never will.
165 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
166 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
167 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
168 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
169 extern int fgetpwent_r (FILE *__restrict __stream
,
170 struct passwd
*__restrict __resultbuf
,
171 char *__restrict __buffer
, size_t __buflen
,
172 struct passwd
**__restrict __result
)
173 __nonnull ((1, 2, 3, 5))
174 __attr_access ((__write_only__
, 3, 4));
177 #endif /* POSIX or reentrant */
180 /* Write a traditional /etc/passwd line, based on the user database
181 entry for the given UID, to BUFFER; space for BUFFER must be
182 allocated by the caller.
184 This function is not part of POSIX and therefore no official
185 cancellation point. But due to similarity with an POSIX interface
186 or due to the implementation it is a cancellation point and
187 therefore not marked with __THROW. */
188 extern int getpw (__uid_t __uid
, char *__buffer
);